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DOG COLLAR.

No. 426,137. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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NITE STATES PATENT OFF cE.

rENEAS FALKINER NUTTALL, OF DUBLIN, IRELAND.

DOG-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,137, dated April22, 1890.

Application filed July 8, 1889. Serial No. 816,896. (No model.) Patentedin England May 9, 1889, No. 7,769.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IENEAS FALKINER NUT- TALL, gentleman, a citizen ofGreat Britain, residing at Arnott Street, Dublin, Ireland, have inventeda new and useful DogOollar, (for which I have obtain ed. a patent inGreat Britain, No. 7 ,7 60, hearing date May 9, 1889,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my improved collar is to prevent a dog slipping his headthrough it when tied up or being led.

In the aecompanyin g drawing I have shown a collar of the descriptionembodying my invention. It consists of three parts, and is a combinationof an ordinary collar and one that will tighten to any degree should adog pull or try to get out of it, and yet is so 0011- trived that notthe least injury can occur by its use, as even the eitort of breathingis sufficient to relieve the collar from any pressure or tightnessaround the throat.

The collar consists of three principal parts A, B, and O, A and B beingunited by a buckle-frame (1 forms the collar proper. Stitched to this,inside, is a second or slip collar 0.

In adjusting the collar the end of the slipoollar O is first passedthrough the buckleframe (1. The end of the collar A B is then passedthrough the buckle e at the end of the piece 1:), and is then fitted tothe dogs throat, as required, and. the tongue of the buckle fixed in theusual manner into any one of the holes in the collar, the end of whichis then fastened as usual. \Vhen so adjusted,

the inner collar 0 is free to slip or slide to and fro loosely throughthe buckle-frame (Z. The end of this second collar 0 is provided with ametal loop f, and to this the chain or strap 9 is connected in thecustomary manner.

When the dog becomes troublesome by pulling or trying to slip thecollar, the inner one C, being free to slip, tightens round the throat;but as soon as he ceases to struggle or resist it at once loosens. Eventhe action of breathing will free the throat from pressure. When thecollar is not required for use in this manner, the strap or chain g isremoved from the end f, which is then passed through the loop h, and thechain is attached to the loop 2'. The inner collar 0 is theninoperative.

llaving fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secureby Letters Patent The combination, with a dogcol1ar consisting of thepieces A and B and having the bands 71. and the buckleframe (I, of anauxiliary collar consisting of a single strap C, stitched at one end tothe inside of the collar, and having its opposite end passed through thebuckle-frame and band and free to move therein, whereby the saidauxiliary collar will tighten when tension is exerted at the end thereofand relax when the tension is relaxed, as set forth.

l ENEAS FALKINER NUTTALL.

\Vitnesses:

J. S. IMOCASKILL J NO. W. Worm.

